Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n
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A08278
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The labyrinth of mans life. Or Vertues delight and enuies opposite. By Io: Norden
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Norden, John, 1548-1625?
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STC 18611; ESTC S110180
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eâ—â—â—_n 〈…〉_z glory_n and_o baseness_n 〈…〉_z envy_n â—â—aâ—teâ—ers_n fortune_n and_o enuy._n astrologer_n err_v in_o their_o speculation_n well_o hardly_o know_v simile_n security_n prosperity_n and_o aduersitic_a wit_n and_o wisdom_n king_n have_v great_a care_n honour_n have_v enuy._n virtue_n and_o envy_n vulgar_a censure_n ambition_n â—3_n emperor_n of_o rome_n in_o 100_o year_n whereof_o only_o 3._o die_v of_o a_o natural_a disease_n the_o rest_n be_v slay_v by_o ambition_n in_o the_o time_n of_o galienus_n 30._o usurp_a the_o name_n of_o emperor_n the_o like_a ambition_n among_o pipe_n 6._o at_o one_o time_n in_o the_o time_n of_o henry_n the_o emperor_n the_o virtuous_a man_n riches_n of_o the_o mind_n the_o miser_n life_n and_o death_n the_o virtuous_a and_o vicious_a honour_n mild_a fame_n arrogate_v baltase_a scratch_v kill_v the_o p._n of_o orange_n one_o clement_n a_o friar_n and_o raviâ—iaâ—k_v kill_v the_o two_o king_n of_o france_n fortune_n and_o virtue_n opinion_n alexander_n reason_n and_o virtue_n censure_n the_o court._n a_o rural_a 〈◊〉_d traveller_n desire_n 〈…〉_z r_o of_o 〈…〉_z diverâ—_n 〈…〉_z true_a glory_n arrogance_n conceit_n a_o prince_n favour_n fortune_n true_a greatness_n covert_a treachery_n andromâ—cus_n betray_v crassus_n under_o colour_n of_o love_n etc._n etc._n zopirus_n betray_v the_o babylonians_n to_o darius_n covetous_o pâ—ltrot_n kill_v the_o guise_n his_o master_n etc._n etc._n love_n and_o hate_n god_n disconer_n secret_a thing_n god_n discoucred_a the_o powder_n treason_n rich_a and_o poor_a need_n grief_n twofold_a the_o future_a not_o foresee_v all_o man_n advance_v not_o ambitious_a one_o advance_v bring_v low_a promise_v not_o perform_v mare_fw-la sodomiâ—um_fw-la experience_n ignorance_n breed_v content_a fantasy_n true_a honour_n never_o die_v pour_v diâ—â—â—â—rdâ—n_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o description_n of_o virtue_n the_o practice_n of_o envy_n pride_n &_o envy_n envy_n plot_v the_o powder_n treason_n treason_n 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â—â—aâ—ure_v 〈…〉_z t_o â—uâ—â—ome_o two_o kind_n of_o pleasure_n conâ—raâ—â—e_v experience_n wâ—â—â—_n what_o the_o honourable_a shall_v deck_v â—â—em_n the_o noble_a and_o base_a be_v interchangeable_a the_o effect_n of_o virtue_n n_o 〈…〉_z and_o desert_n and_o bounty_n envy_n envy_n blindness_n virtue_n light_n and_o envy_n blindness_n as_o life_n so_o death_n twofold_a censure_n uncertain_a all_o outward_a show_v deceive_v
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and_o do_v not_o so_o who_o think_v all_o congee_n and_o fair_a look_n be_v love_n may_v much_o mistake_v and_o of_o all_o knee_n that_o move_v the_o ass_n that_o bear_v the_o goddess_n isis_n frame_n assume_v the_o honour_n do_v unto_o her_o name_n fortune_n man_n have_v gain_n glory_n or_o disdain_v virtue_n fortune_n be_v coy_a but_o virtue_n course_n plain_a true_a virtue_n scorn_v that_o silly_a ass_n shall_v bear_v she_o fortune_n not_o for_o many_o ass_n wear_v she_o and_o aslike_a sottish_a who_o so_o much_o mistake_v the_o congee_n which_o man_n to_o their_o garment_n make_v the_o wise_a indeed_o and_o true_o qualifi'de_v seek_v not_o but_o suffer_v to_o be_v dignifi'de_v but_o where_o desire_n presume_v before_o desert_n he_o may_v usurp_v it_o the_o honour_n will_v revert_v admit_v a_o man_n gain_v glory_n and_o he_o grow_v by_o mean_n usurp_v high_a and_o look_v not_o low_a he_o will_v by_o his_o own_o weight_n and_o fullness_n fall_v and_o feign_a friend_n and_o fawtor_n 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and_o what_o they_o fly_v still_o follow_v they_o perforce_o themselves_o self_n foe_n have_v not_o yet_o self_n remorse_n great_a man_n that_o hold_v themselves_o in_o servile_a state_n opinion_n though_o great_a in_o show_n think_v slave_n more_o fortunate_a what_o so_o man_n hold_v he_o in_o estate_n to_o be_v though_o not_o in_o deed_n in_o heart_n the_o same_o be_v he_o opinion_n joy_n or_o grieve_v at_o thing_n unseen_a it_o work_v the_o will_n will_n blind_v reason_n eye_n one_o sleep_v secure_a though_o peril_n be_v his_o bed_n another_o can_v not_o endanger_v some_o be_v but_o prisoner_n yet_o suppose_v free_a in_o freedom_n some_o be_v prisoner_n in_o degree_n a_o real_a prisoner_n have_v see_v gyve_v part_n distract_v mind_n be_v fetter_n to_o man_n heart_n what_o most_o distract_v be_v haut_fw-fr ambition_n never_o content_a with_o earth_n fruition_n for_o have_v he_o get_v this_o ample_a orb_n will_v yet_o not_o rest_v content_a nor_o bind_v his_o will_n to_o get_v 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in_o the_o light_n for_o if_o she_o be_v in_o substance_n as_o in_o show_n envy_n can_v not_o but_o seek_v her_o overthrow_n envy_n a_o while_n be_v to_o the_o false_a a_o friend_n but_o to_o true_a virtue_n never_o to_o the_o end_n in_o what_o affair_n can_v man_n converse_v and_o live_v censure_n but_o must_v endure_v what_o censure_n all_o man_n give_v if_o he_o do_v ill_a high_a jove_n become_v his_o foe_n by_o due_a desert_n his_o conscience_n tell_v he_o so_o if_o well_o the_o world_n and_o worldling_n enemy_n they_o will_v obrayde_v he_o and_o he_o scandalize_v and_o if_o he_o seek_v to_o please_v the_o multitude_n a_o monster_n tame_v by_o no_o fortitude_n self-pleasing_a seem_v sweet_a and_o most_o secure_a of_o all_o disease_n hold_v the_o help_a cure_n right_o reason_n yet_o condemn_v self-love_n as_o hate_v who_o do_v not_o public_a good_a be_v detestate_a he_o be_v happy'_v that_o best_a please_v power_n divine_a though_o he_o thereby_o break_v league_n with_o humane_a 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